HANSON – The Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers announced that former state Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Hanson, was reinstated as a member of the bar last week.

Webster, who operates a private practice in Pembroke, had his license suspended in February 2013 after he admitted to misusing a client’s funds and failing to keep proper account records in 2009 and 2010.

In May 2012, the Office of Bar Counsel accused Webster of intentionally using $30,000 from of the estate account of Rita Hayward, a deceased client, for personal purposes or for other clients unrelated to Hayward.

Although Webster eventually reimbursed the client’s account, the bar counsel said Webster violated professional rules by taking out money he wasn’t entitled to.

Previously, the Supreme Judicial Court had also suspended Webster’s law license for three weeks in June 2010 after he failed to provide information about bounced checks.

Prior his most recent suspension, Webster had served for 10 years as the representative for the 6th Plymouth District, which encompasses Hanson, Pembroke and most of Duxbury, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives..

In 2012, Webster had just secured the Republican nomination as he campaigned for his sixth term as state representative by beating his former campaign manager Karen Barry, who mounted a competitive write-in campaign against him during the primary.

However, a week later, Webster withdrew from the race, saying he wanted to focus on his law practice and his family. Barry would subsequently be defeated by the Democratic candidate, Josh Cutler of Duxbury.

Last July, Webster attempted to get back into state politics by running for a seat on the Republican State Committee, but was defeated by a member of the Halifax Republican Town Committee, Gordon Andrews.